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In loving memory of Mr. Z

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Uncle Onyango and Ron Paul........questionable media?

What do you all know about THIS? Ron Paul walked off CNN for their asking him about how he " he made money and won fame with the help of a sometimes racist series of newsletters back in the 1990s."?? This sounds bad to me; who'd allow that kind of stuff to be printed on a newsletter he's associated with? Bad, bad, bad.......

And the headlines are saying "Romney says he'd deport Obama's illegal Uncle Onyango"? isn't that the LAW? How could a president not either deport or do something to see if he merits legality? Why hasn't Obama done something? This illegal uncle was arrested for drunk driving. Wasn't there an illegal Aunt, too? She's been living in a Boston public housing project. MAN. Why shouldn't Romney have an illegal drunk deported?

By the way, the news was big on Ron Paul's situation, but the way they reported on ol' Uncle Onyango wasn't that he was a problem with a drunk driving arrest and also illegal, but that "ROMNEY WOULD DEPORT..." No bias, RIGHT?!! :-) Hey, it's ROMNEY'S FAULT! heh heh.. The fun just never stops.

167 comments:

"We are constantly told that it is evil to be afraid of black men, it is hardly irrational."

Actually, John McWhorter, a black linguist, has said nearly the same thing. McWhorter can get away with saying that, Ron Paul cannot.

Is Ron Paul a racist? I think so.

But I also remember that at the time he made some of those statements, so were a lot of other people -- or, at least, a lot of other people were saying much the same thing.

In my view, Americans have become indoctrinated in and overcome by white guilt.

BTW, note that Abraham Lincoln said the following:

“I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in anyway the social and political equality of the white and black races – that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race. I say upon this occasion I do not perceive that because the white man is to have the superior position the negro should be denied everything.”

And this statement by Ron Paul isn't so unusual even now in DC and the surrounding area:

"Given the inefficiencies of what DC laughingly calls the criminal justice system, I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal."

Ask yourself what is "Presidential" about either Ron Paul writing such garbage, Ron Paul having someone else write such garbage, and / or Ron Paul "not knowing" such garbage was written in his newsletters.

I'm guessing the Paultards' tune will change to "why is the media paying so much attention to our candidate?" LOL

I would opine and merely say to let us research statistics from said time period and measure them against Ron Paul's words about DC and the male black population.

If there is any credibility, then Ron Paul will be vindicated. If not, then Ron Paul will have to face accountability.

Simple.

If I said, "Most of prisoners in American penal institutions are black", is that in and of itself racist? Could we not look at the population statistics of said institutions and determine if my words are factual or rhetorically motivated?

Since not all that glitters is gold, I would also say that not all that looks like racism is. We need to not be knee-jerkish about anything, including this.

Yes, yes, I know this sounds as though I am defending Ron Paul. I am not. I am simply seeking to look at what he has said, or is associated with having been said, and go from there.

"Dr." Paul on AIDS: "Gays should not be allowed to eat in restaurants because AIDS is transmitted by saliva."

Paul on the anti-government, usually racist 'militia movement': "one of the most encouraging developments in America."

Paul on Israel: "an aggressive, national socialist state."

Paul on the 1993 World Trade Center bombing: "Whether it was a setup by the Israeli Mossad, as a Jewish friend of mine suspects, or was truly a retaliation by the Islamic fundamentalists, matters little."

Paul on the 9/11 atttacks: "Just think of what happened after 9/11. Immediately before there was any assessment there was glee in the [Bush] administration because now we can invade Iraq."

Seriously...does anyone have an independent thought in their head or do they just plug into the magic picture box and regurgitate the talking points that come from it.

Ron Paul has delivered over 4,000 babies. They weren't all white. Further, at the time of his practice, he did not charge Medicare or Medicade patients for services.

Over his entire political career he has taken positions, offered bills, and made countless statements pointing out how the war on drugs, our foreign policy of intervention, our judicial system disproportiantly affect minorities.

If you want criticize him for his policy positions then by all means feel free to do so but for Republican party members who chastise Democrats for playing the race card to throw it down on a 12 term congressman who has spent his entire political career championing civil liberties and individual rights speaks to the desperation of this party in peril.

1. What is so wrong about Obama not deporting his uncle? Barrak needs to try to use his Presidential authority to legitimize his Uncle, but I wouldn't deport mine, either.

2. What's so wrong about Romney saying he would deport Obama's Uncle. I would deport him, too. After all, he is an illegal alien and we must enforce our laws. I would deport anybody's uncle unless there were compelling reasons to leave them alone.

I remember that Bill Clinton was criiticized for pardoning his own worthless brother, Roger, from whatever legal sins he had committed. Upon hearing this, one of the conservative news commentators remarked, "If you are the President of the United States and cannot pardon your own brother...".

As President, you would have pardon the whole family, and all the neighbors. You have to take advantage of these little situations when they come along. You just might not be re-elected.

Since everybody else is commenting on Ron Paul, I guess I ought to say something on topic.

I don't like Ron Paul, and never have. He has always been a brick shy of a load, fell off the good-sense wagon a long time ago, and shows no intellectual signs above the bacteria level. He is the poster-boy for Doctors Without Brains.

He is the political equivalent of a persistent computer virus that keeps crapping things up.

Ron Paul is the right-wing counterpart to Howard Dean, another member of the Doctors Without Brains crowd. Both probably have bad bedside manners, and bad breath.

If you want criticize him for his policy positions then by all means feel free to do so

Which racist, anti-Semitic, fringe conspiracy theory-tainted policy positions in Ron Paul's newsletters are his, and which of them are merely his "unsupervised" employees raking in subscription cash from neo-Nazis?

The problem with your "Ron Paul's racist newsletters don't contain Ron Paul's views" defense, Soapy, is that you for some reason desire this idiot to be taken seriously.

Conservatives can never have any indiscretions. The media will lift up every rock to find what they can unlike the anti-Semitic remarks made by the Rev Wright,which of course Obama never heard in his entire 20 years and I am sure if we had a group like Media Matters or Think Progress, we would probably be able to find a cross burning or 2 in Robert Byrd's past.But again the problem would be getting out the message especially on FOX because of all their "lying and false facts" and all.As far as what Romney said even though legit,the dumbed down public won't be looking at the illegality of it but will be saying "How dare He say That"

If Ron Paul's racist, anti-Semitic, fringe conspiracy theory-mongering newsletters written in the first person singular are not a repository for Ron Paul's "actual" views, should we take seriously a candidate that has profitted handsomely from catering to (or having his "unsupervised" employees cater to) those racist, anti-Semitic, conspiracy theory-mongering twits who hold such views?

AOW "The GOP will be able to run nobody -- absolutely nobody -- that the media cannot dish the dirt on."

That's for sure....they ignore their own and really dish the Conservatives.I think context is necessary when discussing Lincoln's views (and the views of everyone else at the time)..

Ron Paul...I honestly didn't think what I'd heard about race and him was true . but..

Beamish, of course...nobody should let anything go out under his name unless he means it. Or it's some kind of editorial/opinion thing where someone's blasting the racism view, for example.

Chakam...this looks bad.

Soapster, I see your link; I wonder why he didn't want to fight Borger in that way?Sorry we don't have an 'independent thought in our heads' but racism should be investigated if there's a shred of truth, which there seems to be.

BOB....my point is in agreement with you WHY WOULDN'T (or SHOULDN'T) ROMNEY OR ANY PRESIDENT DEPORT HIM?The point about Obama is different; wouldn't you think he'd try to help his aunt and his uncle who are both illegal and on welfare? Why hasn't he? He's PRESIDENT for goodness sake. At least give them some cash!?

Lisa, they'll be saying EXACTLY that and that is EXACTLY why the media led with the headline worded like that...you're so right.

I've seen some of the newsletter material. If you're describing their contents as racist then yes, you haven't read them and yes you are simply regurgitating the talking points of the pundits and presstitutes.

It is a far more accurate characterization to state that the material in them was perhaps not politically correct.

I don't need to defend Ron Paul. His record speaks for itself.

The bulk of you had no intention whatsoever in supporting Ron Paul anyway. Thus, the newsletters merely serve as another reason for you to affirm you dislike of him regardless of what you actually know about their contents.

The people that truly care and are above the fray and BS that the MSM is pushing aren't bothered by this one bit. I know because I encounter them every single day.

oh, come on, soapster..so we're all bad, misinformed people because we don't agree with you on Ron Paul? REALLY?

"The bulk of you had no intention whatsoever in supporting Ron Paul anyway"That's true, but I don't want this thread to become yet another Ron Paul bash/support fest.

Let me tell you one thing, I was never considering voting for him but I'd warmed to him through some of the debates until he got into foreign affairs and then he lost me. You DO know there are opinions other than his which are valid!? :-)

I was born in 1970 in Birmingham ("Bombingham"), Alabama to very actively conservative Christian, lower middle class / working poor parents. My grandfather (my father's father) was an early Republican Party organizer in the state of Alabama, actively registering black citizens to vote when it was dangerous to be known for doing so. My grandfather's electronic appliances repair business was burned to the ground and his home was fired upon with shotguns and high-powered rifles by DemoKKKrats for his political activism and for employing blacks in his shop to teach them a trade in electronics. (My grandfather was a radioman in the US Army Signal Corps attached to the command elements of the 3rd Armored "Spearhead" Division under the Jewish-American general Maurice Rose - in itself a cool twist of history - America's first tanks to blast into Germany to crush the Nazis were LED by a Jew).

You could say battling racial hatreds is a "family tradition" in my background.

Before I was actually old enough to vote, I glommed on to the Libertarian Party's "leave me alone-ism" (I think I first subscribed to official party literature in 1986, when I was 16). Reagan was President in the White House. Some two or three years earlier, my childhood best friend's older brother, a US Marine, was killed in the Beirut bombing. I was very fond of Reagan. I remember in 5th Grade praying for his health when he was shot. The 1980s were interesting times to develop political appetites...

Anyway, back to the LP, I followed the nomination race for their 1988 Presidential candidate up until nearly the end (I would be old enough by 3 months to vote in the 1988 elections). It came down to the American Indian Movement's Russell Means, and US Congressman Ron Paul. Both tickled my political fancies - my mother's side of the family is Cherokee - but ultimately Means turned me off with his ties to AIM radicalism and violence. That left Paul.

Ron Paul won the 1988 Libertarian Party nomination in September of that year a few weeks after my 18th birthday, and I began receiving one of Ron Paul's early iterations of his newsletter.

I don't remember the exact phrasing of what I read, but I do remember to my 18 year old eyes given my background that it was one of the most ugly, vile, indefensibly racist things I had ever read from an American politician.

November came around, and I had no problem voting for Bush and Quayle.

I wasn't quite done with the Libertarian Party. In 1992, I helped the LP petition (sucessfully) for permanent ballot access in Missouri, and I still believe in a two-party system (just that Democrats don't have to be one of those parties). I'd love a Republican vs. Libertarian contest to see who would cut the size of government the most.

I voted for Andre Marrou in 1992 after working to get the LP on the ballot in Missouri.

I consider myself a small-"l" libertarian now, ending my membership in the LP proper sometime in 1994 when I ceased to be able to identify with the nonsense the party's "elite" was spewing.

I will still vote Republican or Libertarian depending on the quality of candidates (I could live with a President Gary Johnson, for example) but in no way, shape, or form do I want Ron Paul in power, or worse, have his garbage defining "libertarianism" in American politics.

Soapster "neo con bastion".Oh, okay...write off all the information and stand up for McKinney.For the record, I'd love for us to be completely non interventionist but I understand the world and its threats better than Dr. Paul, apparently.

And, I could never respect anybody who'd say "Michele Bachmann hates Muslims" I was SO surprised by that very cheap shot. I honestly didn't think Dr Paul had that in him.

Beamish, CHakam's a good guy; he just asked for backup, which I like to see, too.

You know, I think Ron Paul hits a chord in most Americans who like hearing about getting back to the Constitution, to pulling out of countries and giving money to people who despise us, etc etc...I just wish he wasn't quite so naive.

What is naive is for someone to make a statement about a congressman who sits on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs as somehow being naive on, well...foreign affairs. Of course not to mention the naivete of proclaiming fiscal restraint and pro-life credentials while completely overlooking the cost in both blood and treasure in these very foreign affairs.

You know, I think Ron Paul hits a chord in most Americans who like hearing about getting back to the Constitution, to pulling out of countries and giving money to people who despise us, etc etc...I just wish he wasn't quite so naive.

Even if Ron Paul could be magically divorced from his 30 years of courting racists, anti-Semites, and conspiracy theory loons to his side (and his pocketbook), the idea that Ron Paul is a "Constitutionalist" in the mold of the Founding Fathers is hysterically laughable when you look at George Washington invading Canada to protect American interests, Thomas Jefferson sending the US Navy and Marines to stop North African / Islamic piracy, James Madison creating the central banking system, and of course that great interventionist James Monroe and his doctrine of "the Western Hemisphere is a protectorate of the United States."

Makes you wonder WHICH Founding Father Ron Paul is claiming for himself.

What is naive is for someone to make a statement about a congressman who sits on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs as somehow being naive on, well...foreign affairs.

Meaningless. Joe Biden was Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, yet pleaded ignorance of North Korean violations of the Agreed Nuclear Framework treaty after Bush delivered his "Axis of Evil" speech, and not even a year after Biden's committee held hearings on said treaty violations and found North Korea in violation.

Liars have no problem being liars, just as their stupid water-bearers have no problem being stupid.

Judging by the comments here on Paul...I'd think we have nothing to fear from those who uphold the 2nd amendment and want to carry / own a gun.

It might be the first amendment that requires a permit before exercising that right.

Think of the many millions who were persecuted, maimed, killed and eliminated by speeches alone. How many were motivated by fiery speech over the decades and the effect it had on those who succumbed to it.

C'mon Soapy, the fact that Paul has no compunctions about supporting Iran having nuclear weapons, is irrational, and shows his disregard for Israel, our friend and ally. What's more, it would be a huge risk for America as well.

Or don't you consider our national security important!

This alone, is enough for me to dismiss Ron Paul from any consideration, and I made that decision long before I read all this other crazy info.

Btw, if Paul ends up running as an independent third candidate, then you'll know he has either no problem with a second term for Obama, or is determined to blast those Republicans out of contention, to "get even" for personal reasons.

Here in Atlanta, we all know the woman is crazier than a bat. First of all, her dad, Billy McKinney, is the only Georgia Legislator to have ever threatened another Legislator with a knife on the State Senate floor. Democrats defended the obvious criminal conduct, and so did Cynthia. The point is that the whole family was crazy.

Remember her offer to accept the $10 million offer New York Mayor Giuliani refused after 9-11? Yep, that was your babe. How about her kissing up to Moammar Kadahfi for years? Yep, that is your girl. She loves totalitarian murderers and hates Jews.

She is a communist, and a racist. Does anyone want to identify with such reprehensible people?

The greatest threat to our national security is a domestic economic implosion.

"This alone, is enough for me to dismiss Ron Paul from any consideration, and I made that decision long before I read all this other crazy info.

Btw, if Paul ends up running as an independent third candidate, then you'll know he has either no problem with a second term for Obama, or is determined to blast those Republicans out of contention, to "get even" for personal reasons.

Either way, it would prove he doesn't give a damn about America!"

Do you give a damn about America or do you simply run around with the flag of Israel in one hand and Osama bin Laden's head in the other yelling "America F*ck yeah!"

The America I know and love was built on dissent. To infer someone must fall in line because others desire it so is actually antithetical to the entire American experiment.

There's nothing at all anti-Semitic about recognizing the fact that Israel is not the 51st state and that we do not have a treaty with Israel.

To claim that it is Beamish is the resort to the same damn racist charge that you like to bitch about when the Democrats do it.

I go to the VA hospital, where my girlfriend is a Surgical Technician, one weekend out of the month. I see the consequences of the foreign policy you so endear. It is a disasterous foreign policy which has far more to do with the occupation and subsequent exploitation of resources for corporate gain than it does with any traditionally American ideal.

Pris, thanks for that reminder about the Iran/nukes thing. This is a guy who equates our power with Iran's power? "If WE have nukes, why shouldn't THEY have nukes?"Sounds more like DUcky than a Conservative candidate....which in itself says a lot against Paul!

Bob...thanks for that. You would know, living there. What a world that anybody'd want to associate himself with HER.

Ducky, nobody says drunk illegals can't be nice. just like Ron Paul, how naive of you.

There's nothing at all anti-Semitic about recognizing the fact that Israel is not the 51st state and that we do not have a treaty with Israel.

There is absolutely something anti-Semitic about your vehemence towards Israel. No one has claimed Israel is the "51st state," and contrary to your foreign policy ignorance, America has several diplomatic, military, and strategic intelligence-sharing treaties with Israel.

To claim that it is Beamish is the resort to the same damn racist charge that you like to bitch about when the Democrats do it.

Nonsense. I frequently criticize Israel for supplying food, water, medicine and electricity to the Hamas and Fatah terrorist organizations.

Now, back to you. Why do you criticize Israel?

go to the VA hospital, where my girlfriend is a Surgical Technician, one weekend out of the month. I see the consequences of the foreign policy you so endear. It is a disasterous foreign policy which has far more to do with the occupation and subsequent exploitation of resources for corporate gain than it does with any traditionally American ideal.

Which "traditionally American ideal" are you refering to?

Abandoning allies in conflict? Responding favorably and in acquiescence to the demands of terrorists? Surrendering sovereignty and national security to anyone who attacks a US Navy ship overseas?

These are Ron Paul's alternate universe divinations, not "traditional American ideals."

It would help your cause of attempting to revise American history a whole hell of a lot if you weren't absolutely ignorant of American history, Soapy.

You said to me, after finally providing me with a link to examine,"You may now remove pleading ignorance from your line of defense."

Seriously? Can you get any more condescending?

Yes! Yes, I can. :)

And I reserve the right to explore and exploit that option further.

Did I say I was defending Ron Paul? Listen, if someone said, Beamish said that all Jews need to die!, I would want verification and not just the normal knee-jerk belief that is so common.

You come from a blog that announces your support for Ron Paul. In a prior thread here at Z's, YOU replied to my criticisms of Ron Paul's foreign policy and his supporters' pathological anti-Israel comments with:

*yawn*

I'm sorry...were you saying something to me? I dozed off and wasn't paying attention. Please continue your vilification of Ron Paul because some jackass white supremacists like him. I totally get that correlation. Of course, I see it now...Ron Paul wants to kill Jews and Blacks and probably Homosexuals, too! Thank you for enlightening us all, beamish!

Next.

...so, forgive me if I point out your ill-fitting "intellectual honesty" costume.

"Any scraping of Ron Paul supporters and other barnacles off of the hull of the USS Republican Party is a good and blessed thing."

You are an idiot Beamish.

If you think the Republican party can remain a viable party without the support of the youth, independents, and disaffected Democrats that Ron Paul is bringing into the party then why are your pundits, presstitutes, and apparatchiks working so feverishly trying to discredit his rising success?

If you think the Republican party can remain a viable party without the support of the youth, independents, and disaffected Democrats that Ron Paul is bringing into the party then why are your pundits, presstitutes, and apparatchiks working so feverishly trying to discredit his rising success?

My "feverish" work discrediting Paultarded-ness comes in the form of A+ grades in college level American history, world history, economics, and international relations.

[Really it comes in the form of the A+ I received in 5th Grade on a report on the Constitution and the Founding Fathers, but that's just snarky to say...]

The Republican Party will remain viable with or without Paultards, and more so without.

When I mentioned the imploding, I wasn't thinking of only Ron Paul and his supporters.

I told you back in 2008 that the fight against Obama needed to be ideological. Now it is. FWIW, Ron Paul enjoys the "what if the Republican Party climbed up into Dennis Kucinich's treehouse and began barking at the moon" aspect of this ideological vetting.

Maybe a political party is always this at odds for an election in which that party isn't the incumbent party.

Conservatives are no longer content with the established "Vice-Presidential slot" sop.

But, honestly, I see more division in the GOP this year than I've noticed before.

Obama supporters have no primaries to combat in this time. Idle hands, and all that.

"Here’s an excerpt from a National Review editorial back in August 1957, exactly 50 years ago:

The central question that emerges–and it is not a parliamentary question or a question that is answered by meerely consulting a catalog of the rights of American citizens, born Equal–is whether the White community in the South is entitled to take such measures as are necessary to prevail, politically and culturally, in areas in which it does not predominate numerically? The sobering answer is Yes–the White community is so entitled because, for the time being, it is the advanced ace. It is not easy, and it is unpleasant, to adduce statistics evidencing the median cultural superiority of White over Negro: but it is fact that obtrudes, one that cannot be hidden by ever-so-busy egalitarians and anthropologists. The question, as far as the White community is concerned, is whether the claims of civilization supersede those of universal suffrage. The British believe they do, and acted accordingly, in Kenya, where the choice was dramatically one between civilization and barbarism, and elsewhere; the South, where the conflict is byno means dramatic, as in Kenya, nevertheless perceives important qualitative differences between its culture and the Negroes’, and intends to assert its own.

And here’s more along similar lines, from a March 1960 National Review editorial:

In the Deep South the Negroes are retarded. Any effort to ignore the fact is sentimentalism or demagoguery. In the Deep South the essential relationship is organic, and the attempt to hand over to the Negro the raw political power with which to alter it is hardly a solution."

I have to side with Beamish on this one. I think its an open question whether Paul is a racist. What evidence do we have besides these newsletters? Actions? People coming forward to report racist things he said or did?

Still and all, the best you can say about Ron Paul on this is that he associates with racists and stupidly allows them to use his name for this kind of trash. Not exactly presidential.

It also disturbs me that this man is a magnet for 911 troofers, neonazis, white supremacists, and various lefwing loonies, nuts and flakes.

He praised PFC Bradley Manning as a hero, the little cupcake who turned over secrets he swore to guard to wikileaks.

Ron Paul is a nut who happens to be right on the US Constitution and our banking system. Next!

Oh yes..those scarry Iranians who want to kill all the Jews. Well except of course the ones that live there.

For you sake Pris and Beamish, et al. I hope we do go to war with Iran and I hope they call up your chidren and grandchildren to go directly to the front lines. And I hope that the printing presses run so hot and heavy that the ink on that paper money literally stains your hands as you cart wheelbarrows full to your local grocer for a loaf of stale moldy bread.

Oh yes..those scarry Iranians who want to kill all the Jews. Well except of course the ones that live there.

You forgot to mention the "scarry" [sic] Iranians that held 52 American embassy workers hostage for over a year, that backed the Hezbollah terrorist network that killed 241 Americans in Beirut in 1983 and 19 Americans in the Khobar Towers bombing in 1996, and of course the Iranian manufacturers of all the IEDs that have wounded the American servicemen you visit in your girlfriend's hospital ward.

For you sake Pris and Beamish, et al. I hope we do go to war with Iran and I hope they call up your chidren and grandchildren to go directly to the front lines. And I hope that the printing presses run so hot and heavy that the ink on that paper money literally stains your hands as you cart wheelbarrows full to your local grocer for a loaf of stale moldy bread.

Better than huffing it through a lengthened recession and deeper depression trying to get a loan from a bank that wants to be repaid in gold...

But I digress...you'll be oh so much safer.

And Ron Paul will still be a racist idiot reveling his fellow anti-Semites in the dank corners of the internet with a conspiracy about how the war on drugs is a government attempt to stop people from thwarting Zionist mind control lasers.

When someone wishes someone else's kids to be on the front line of a war, there is something seriously wrong with their mental state.

Relatively ineffective line of attack, given I have two brothers who are retired military, several cousins and friends who served in Iraq and Bosnia, and two cousins presently serving in Afghanistan, including a female Army medical evacuation helicopter pilot who'd snap little bitches like Soapy in half with stories of flying into machine gun fire.

Mrs FrogBurger came to the conservative cause via Ron Paul after being a Clinton democrat. Granted she also heard my rants about the left and my experience in France. But he was good at conveying the small gov message to her and she realized she agreed with it, and not the stuff on the left.

Now she's distanced herself because she has done more thinking.

And she's actually more conservative than I am on some issues, for which I have a Libertarian streak.

Mrs FrogBurger came to the conservative cause via Ron Paul after being a Clinton democrat. Granted she also heard my rants about the left and my experience in France. But he was good at conveying the small gov message to her and she realized she agreed with it, and not the stuff on the left.

Economic sanctions are pointless I find. And I don't know Beamish. I'm not an expert on Iran honestly. I know very little so it's hard for me to give an opinion. I don't like talking out of my rear end.

Rita, the coast is clear. I couldn't resist using Tristan's comment.I don't mind the back/forth but when I ask what I thought were old friends so specifically to tone it done, it shows me things that make me unhappy. I've asked and asked and I'd prefer these people use their own damned blogs to be so nasty at.

Well, you never know with a post, do you?this one got quite a lot of stuff....

Soapster, by the way, let me just say one thing:

Paul's saying that he has no problem with Iran having shootable nukes is SO nuts after Iran's promised to do us and Israel in (let's stay on US since Israel bugs you so much, just for conversation sake), that anything he says after that has to be written off.

a bunch of wahoo kids who'd rather NOT fight for our country so they hide behind a guy who promises no wars isn't who I'd want voting for ME no matter HOW Much I hate war.

In soapster's mind,It seems as if everyone that disagrees with Ron Paul, myself included is an idiot! Ron Paul’s principles are idiotic, and he has downright stupid and ridiculous views and will (hopefully) never get the nomination, because if he does we can look forward to another 4 years of Barack Obama. I’m really puzzled why anyone would even consider voting let alone campaign for him. I find him to be completely deranged.

What they don't realize is We've all been where they are now, and have discovered liberalism to be dishonest, totally unrealistic, and a dead end. But it is funny to see them come back with such pathetic responses. "No, You Are!"hahahaaa

Like a cat with it's head under a blankie and everything else sticking out, thinking they'll never find me here.

I mean, they're not even capable of typing a phrase into Google. AHahhaa.

The Tea Party 'movement' is leftist in the sense that ALL populist movements in American history have been leftist.

Populism is NOT conservatism, nonetheless.

And given that the voices of the Tea Party - Glen Beck, Ann Coulter, Dana Loesch, et. al. are all shilling for Romney (or at least attacking his opponents 24 / 7) after Herman "Rainbow PUSH Coalition" Cain, Rick "I love Hillarycare and TARP" Perry, Michelle "Gimme welfare" Bachmann, and Ron "Hug a terrorist" Paul have flamed out, I believe reality is demostrating the essential truth of my position even better than I ever did.

OH Kid. Now THAT would be funny if Z was actually LibKid. But if Z wanted to create another online persona, I have no doubt she could manage to provide a good argument rather than just the drivel that comes from LD or Soapy's comments.

Beam: Please. Give it a rest. Everyone already has heard your screaming about how everyone that disagrees with you is a leftist, which is why I found FB's comment funny.

Kid, if I don't want to lose my blog or close it down, and I WILL, I can't mention certain topics anymore.I just lost one of my favorite commenters (via email) and I'm not very happy about that.I'd say more but I won't.

I know you were joking...that's why I said that about teasing :) Sit down a speel and write another comment!

Kid, sushi and Dim SUm...yum; that line about the new snow blower's so funny. Yes, it had better.

Beamish, please find a thread on my blog in the last six months where it got this ugly and insulting between commenters and you weren't here.thanks.I'll do you a favor; I'll take down your sidebar comments as you asked me to and you stop coming here. Deal?

This is great reading, guys. I had to download this so I can dig into it later offline. It's a Z-blog classic. Seriously.

The fascinating thing is I'm black and I like Ron Paul. I can't all of a sudden start hating him based on this alone.

I read some of the RP quotes beam listed. They are compelling to say the least. But what does it all mean in the end?

Frankly, I'm not shocked that a libertarian-minded white man in his mid-70s has said things like that. Nonetheless, at some point, you have to ask: "Is Paul REALLY a racist? Or just someone who has a problem with much of black culture in America in general?"

We don't have to love everybody. And the fact that we don't doesn't necessarily mean we're trying to oppress any innocent people.

Net, There are white people who score zero or 100, and black who score 0 or 100. We can all see them.They're in the news.White trash, black trash. People who are amazing of any color.

It's that whole label nonsense.

Morgan freeman says "You stop calling me a black man, and I'll stop calling you a white man, and we'll just ignore the whole racism thing." More or less.Racism was dead in the 70s in Pittsburgh.If I point out that 82 out of 83 murders in Cincinnati happen in the Over the Rhine district and that is predominately black, am I a racist? Or do I merely report the facts.

People need to get a grip but it seems each year takes us in the wrong direction.

So is there a serious problem with Paul? Bachmann? Maybe Santorum is out man. Otherwise we end up with Newt or Romney - both liberal sock puppet rinos and the song remains the same. Four more years of zero impact on the already implemented liberal/communist agenda at best, or 4 more years of more slowly implementing same, or hey, Maybe implementing it at the same pace with a new face.

4 or 8 or 12 years at best from now, obamacare will still be there ruining many people's lives and taking their money for nothing. All the cancerous liberal departments and programs will still be in place waiting for the dems to pick up right where they left off.I've been observing for 50+ years and let me tell anyone who is interested - It ain't getting better year after year.I feel for the young people.

I was under the impression that "the battle" was for the truth about Ron Paul's paper trail history of racist, anti-Semitic, conspiracy theory-mongering statements from which he has built over the last 30+ years a following and donor base comprised of racist, anti-Semitic conspiracy mongers, and navigating through the smokescreens Ron Paul has personally thrown up to avoid owning responsibility for not just his malicious, clearly indefensible and marginalized views but also how he and his campaigns have thrived financially from them.

It's a battle about image, not just Ron Paul's image, but what image he brings to the Republican Party should the GOP foolishly nominate him as their standard-bearer in a Presidential election and the even more merciless vetting he will face being an actual documentably verifiable racist challenging a black President.

It's a battle about integrity, both Ron Paul's lack of integrity, and the lack of integrity of those who choose to go down fighting with him.

This isn't the Democratic Party where a "Grand Kleagle" (top recruiter) for the Ku Klux Klan (Robert Byrd) gets a free pass to become the "Soul of the Senate."

This is the Republican Party, where Klansman / white supremacist David Duke once the entire GOP officially and quite adamantly and vocally donating time, money, and energy to support his Democratic Party opponents and driving his racist ass off the stage and out of town as quickly as possible.

Has the Republican Party lost its sense of image and integrity and self-awareness, and thus its credibility and marketability by NOT putting the mealymouthed hack Ron Paul beyond the pale of reasonable discourse?

Will the trickle of people Ron Paul may bring into the party replace the torrent of people who WILL leave it if the GOP nominates Ron Paul?

And after "GOP Presidential nominee" Ron Paul is soundly trounced by Barack Obama and the 23 currently vulnerable Democratic Senators are buoyed to re-election alongside a newly elected Democratic Party majority in the House, will the Republican Party ever recover?

Your comments are atrocious, ugly, and venomous. You peddle yourself as some sort of admirable and respect-worthy blogger, but you use Z's blog as your bully pulpit with all the grace of a crack addict on payday.

Z has said to you:"Beamish, please find a thread on my blog in the last six months where it got this ugly and insulting between commenters and you weren't here.thanks.I'll do you a favor; I'll take down your sidebar comments as you asked me to and you stop coming here. Deal?"

Yet, here you are again, acting the role of the attention-starved child needing affirmation and a soapbox to give you the impression of being worth anyone's time.

You should not be here. Z has told you to not be here. This is her blog. By you coming here you show yourself to be an arrogant and pretentious cur, disrespectful and ill-mannered.

Z:Sorry things have gotten so unfriendly, but I don't think anybody wouuld get so darned mad if the name calling were left off. It is fun calling someone an idiot just to see what their reaction will be, but not everybody can handle a verbal food fight and not be insulted.

Let me just add that name calling isn't even quite so bad as twisting peoples' words to the point where, in some instances, they were suddenly "NAZIS" or "LEFTIES", etc.I might just shut down this comments thread. I love blogging and getting a good argument going but there's a tone recently which I'm not at all proud to host.

Beamish,I was under the impression that "the battle" was for the truth...

Okay, I accept and understand that definition.

But are you making any headway?

More important, Z, the webmistress here, has apparently taken issue with your style of expression.

Take it or leave it, and I don't mean it to sound condescending:

I'm a tough ol' broad -- right or wrong, that's what I am and proud of it too. Your style doesn't rankle me in the least, but Z isn't a tough ol' broad (That doesn't make either she or I a better person, IMO).

You and I have disagreed in the past. I'm living in a kind of hell right now, as you know, and can't find a way out. I'm royally pissed that Mr. AOW is in the position now of having to rely on the government (SSDI and Medicare) or otherwise go belly up and have two of us on the government dole. We don't milk the benefits at all, but take only what we must. The only other option is a divorce. Yeah, we've thought about that too. But then Mr. AOW's care would cost the taxpayer even more. I work only to pay the cost of the bills. Not a penny left over -- and we continue to raid our retirement savings.

Anyway, in my view, you don't have to drip honey. But neither do you have to drip venom. I KNOW that you can be a gentleman when you want to be.

Maybe -- just maybe -- as I was advised over 20 years ago by the best boss I ever had: "Your sarcasm is a problem. You'll catch more flies with honey than with vinegar."

Well, I'm still sarcastic much of the time. But I HAVE toned it down, and I've found out that the toning down actually advanced whatever I was doing (usually, teaching).

Anyway, that's my two cents.

BTW, Beamish, I'm forever indebted to you over the avatar idea you came up with me for me. Warren tweaked the design, but my understanding was that the idea was first yours.

AOW, this has little to do with me.I just lost a favorite commenter because he emailed he doesn't like letting himself get pulled into the slime. Others are emailing and asking why I let Beamish stick around when he's always got to have the last word and is so out of touch and mean.You and he both know how much I admired his mind and his humor and his amazing way with words. So this is harder to take than with the average JERK.

I don't delete most Liberals because I want decent conversation, even arguments; I've prided myself on that with my blog. I think you know that. I don't want a conservative echo chamber but I want civility.

Thanks for your support but this has been going on a few months now and I'm so done with it. Imagine thinking a friend would heed my requests....but, alas.It shouldn't take much to just join in conversations without calling good people NAZIS or GAY just because we disagree.

beamish, I thought we had a deal; this is YOUR choice, not mine. You can't be here lately without insulting everyone for not thinking like you do.

For that, I'm sorry. Is Rhino season over?

I did not make any such "deal." If you want me to leave, ask now and I will not reply to your public pronouncement, nor return. Nor will I create a laundry basket of sock puppets to attack your blog. Haven't the time, nor the inclination. Not everyone works for the government.

If you want me to stay, and in the future shrug off being called a "grandma killer" not just by your favorite federal sock puppet agency but by you as well and whatever other smears and distortions and just outright name-calling going unchecked towards me without reply, I'll do my best George W. Bush impression possible. God bless America.

It shouldn't take much to just join in conversations without calling good people NAZIS or GAY just because we disagree.

How about "grandma killer" or spamming posters with a crude caricatures?

Perhaps we are both going through a rough time. My thick skin just ain't what it used to be. I'll get my mojo back.

If I've become a nuisance to you personally, I apologize. If I may, I'd just like to offer that my "offensiveness" is insignificant in comparison to what the billion-dollar Obama 2012 campaign will impose upon whoever the GOP candidate is.

We can agree to disagree, on any matter. I deal with insults and heckling and being libelled differently than you do, and I realize I'm no innocent when it comes to malicious initiations or retaliations.

I apologize for my participation in disrupting the desired and apporpriate decorum around here.

My thoughts on that dumb-ass Ron Paul and the vicious crap that he wrote some 12 or twenty years ago, or whenever he wrote it, AND HE DID WRITE IT!!!!! . He wrote it and he is now backtracking, which is a sure sign of a lying ass-hole. It's not against the law to be a freaken anti-Semite or even a Racist if you are honest about it and if you really believe what you say then stand up and admit it, don't be a weasel and a coward, expect people to stand behind you. I liked a lot of things Ron Paul was offering up and was a reluctant supporter, back in the days when he was a unheard of congressman. Maybe because I thought he was truthful. But the more I learned about him and the more I heard and read about him , the more I think he is just crazy. I would like to see him exposed for what he is and get the hell out of the republican party. He makes it smell bad. And he gives credit the the liberals who think that our party is a racist one.

I hate stats like that.I see schools where Black educators take over from the State/Feds and give these kids food and love and confidence and they SHINE (yes, Black kids...fancy THAT :) (sarcasm)

it's CRAP that whites aren't as prone to gangs; they would be, too, if it was as much a cultural thing by now with Black kids and Hispanics........We need to BREAK THE TREND, BREAK THE TRADITION. DOn't let it be the COOL thing to go to jail.The funniest thing I EVER heard Eddie Murphy do in a comedy routing (other than TRADING PLACES" line about coasters!!! HA!) is when he said "and you hear the kids in the 'hood talkin' about their brother who didn't go to jail? you not supposed to go to jail, that shouldn't be something you have to talk about!" (He said it MUCH funnier, I can't remember now how he did, but I cracked up and he was SO righteous!)

HOW I wish Obama would have taken advantage of the Black side he clings to despite being half White ,and spoken UP. hey, how about like THIS?:::

I AM A BLACK PRESIDENT AND I'M SICK AND TIRED OF BLACK KIDS IN JAIL, BLACK KIDS ON DRUGS, BLACK KIDS FLUNKING SCHOOL....DAMN IT, DOOOO SOMETHING WITH YOUR LIVES. I DID! LARRY ELDER HAS! WALTER WILLIAMS AND THOMAS SOWELL HAVE. NET OBSERVER HAS!! LOTS OF BLACK MEN AND WOMEN DO JUST FINE, THANKYOUVERYMUCH.

NOW PICK UP THOSE STUPID LOOSE PANTS, TAKE THE JOINT OUT OF YOUR POUTING, ANGRY MOUTH, AND GET A LIFE. AMERICA'S A LAND OF OPPORTUNITY; IGNORE THE POVERTY PIMPS WHO THINK YOU'RE TOO NEEDY AND STUPID TO GET AHEAD. SHOW THEM YOU'RE WRONG! STOP EMBARRASSING ME.

BE AMERICANS! AMERICA NEEDS YOU AND WANTS YOU TO SUCCEED. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WHITES WANT THAT, TOO. YA, THERE ARE RACISTS, BUT HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A BLACK BARBER SHOP? YOU GONNA TELL MEEE THAT THERE ISN'T RACISM TOWARD WHITES?

I AM HERE TO SHOW YOU IT CAN BE DONE. I'M GOING TO KICK YOUR BUTTS TO THE MOON IF I DON'T SEE YOU GROWING UP AND MATURING AND BREAKING THE RIDICULOUS CHAIN OF LOW EXPECTATIONS ..

IF YOU WANT TO LIVE LIKE YOU'RE MORE STUPID THAN WHITES AND BLAME WHITES, THAT'S YOOOOOOOOOUR FAULT, DON'T BLAME THEM.

Z, In my opinion, a good start would be to stop paying women to pop kids out like pieces of toast into zero opportunity, drug and crime infested environments, while at the same time "punishing them" financially if they do get married to one of the guys that fathered one of the kids.

I see them all over. I have people testifying to me that they are all over. It is their way to get money. And they don't spend it on the kids. They send those kids out into the neighborhood for their food, water and education.

Think the democrat politicians that support this don't know what's going on?

It's modern day slavery. It is why I hate democrat politicians. They've been the racists and the slave owners from day one and they've never stopped. They have no interest in making things better.

That was Chris Rock's routine: i.e., the "civil war" in the black community between normal black folks and "you-know-what's". Actually, I think I'm the one who sent it to you years ago.

In fairness, Obama is very much on record for saying the kinds of things you wished he would say. I specifically recall a youtube video of a speech he delivered at a black church a few years ago. He not only spoke loudly and clearly about the serious need for responsible fatherhood in the black community, but he also made reference to that same Chris Rock routine.

Plus, I think Obama leads by example with his own family. (apparently, unlike Newt Gingrich or Herman Cain)

In any case, I readily admit that during his presidency, Obama, to my knowledge, hasn't spoken like that. But there may be a legitimate reason therein.

Just think about it: If Obama talked like that on a regular basis, conservatives like Hannity would immediately accuse him of "black prejudice" or whatever. Hannity et al would be screaming ad infinitum, "See! He's just focusing on blacks! He doesn't care about ALL Americans! He's trying to divide our country! Remember Jeremiah Wright!"

And if Hannity et al DIDN'T say that they'd alternatively say, "Well, the only reason Obama's talking like this now is because of the upcoming election."

So why bother?

Still, putting all that aside, there's a much larger point here, Z: In truth, these stats don't represent black people. These stats represent THOSE black people. These stats represent the sub-cultures that THOSE black people come from, which is generally different from the black sub-cultures that I and most other blacks come from.

Having said that, if you asked me, "Net, as a black man, do the 'Retro Air Jordan' news reports embarrass me in any way?" I would likely respond, "Yes, but not so much. After all, those fools don't represent me, or my family, or my friends, or my colleagues, etc."

Yes, they share my skin color; and maybe we occasionally speak in a similar jargon; and maybe we share a few musical likes and dislikes. But generally speaking, we come from two very different worlds.

There's an interesting analogy here, Z: Whenever I talk about conservatives sharing common ground with white racialists on various race-based issues, you and other decent conservatives take strong offense. For the record, I don't blame you for taking offense. Frankly, I like the fact that you DO, because it so underlines your seriousness about the ugliness of racial prejudice.

But let's delve into specifically why my assertion offends you so much: I think it's because you KNOW that you are not in any way connected to, or sympathetic to, racism, racialism or racial prejudice. So any hint or suggestion to the contrary infuriates you.

Again, I fully respect that. But the fact that you're NOT a racist or a racialist doesn't negate the fact that a lot of racists and racialists share common ground with conservatives on issues like illegal immigration, affirmative action, racial profiling, etc.

Delving deeper: What if I went further than just pointing out a few similarities? What if I suggested that you and other decent conservatives were somehow indirectly or tangentially responsible for white racialism?

What if said to you, "Z, what are YOU and the other good conservatives doing about those white racialists you share common ground with? Why don't you guys speak out against it more?"

If I did that, ultimately, I think I would be placing an unfair burden on you. Because pragmatically, there's not a whole lot you can do about some independent white racialists having a few conservative opinions. Bottom line, despite the similarities, you have no real connection to those guys.

And like most blacks, I don't have any real connection to those lawless, prison-bound idiots whose skin looks like mine.

I know it's not ENTIRELY that simple, Z. But it's pretty darn close.

For the record, I don't mind someone asking me, "As a black person, what do you think about this Air Jordan madness? What would YOU do about it? Maybe you have a perspective that could offer some insight?" Those are all logical, interesting questions that any fair-minded black person would anticipate. But other than that, I don't know what else we law-abiding black people are expected to do about "Air Jordan" violence or whatever.

You REALLY wanna know what I think, Z? Any black kid who goes fisticuffs for some over-priced sneakers ain't about to listen MY advice -- and probably not Obama's either. He MIGHT listen to the reformed grown-up that was once in his shoes (a la "Beyond Scared Straight" on A&E). But even that's a gamble.

Net, I know you're not talking to me, but maybe some of what I sad motivated some of what you said.?

Anyway, as a Conservative, I want to see everyone successful. I won't try to list them.

I want to go into places of business run by every kind of person you can imagine and profiting from those businesses. Enjoying and understanding capitalism. Making good lives for they and their families, so when evil knocks on their door, they laugh in its face.

As far as popping kids out like pieces of toast, it's not all black. Google up donna trevino and Marcus Fiesel/Cincinnati sometime, but not right after lunch if ya know what I mean and certainly well after the holidays are over. Note this donna creature was pregnant again while the trial was going on. How, I can't imagine.

Anyway, it is mostly black. It has become a way of life, the democrat politicians have made it a way of life - for them. Not trying to pick a fight and I sincerely hope this doesn't make you angry. But I see many waking up to how evil the democrats really are and that's a good thing in my mind so this is said with the best of intentions.

As far as surface level conservatives with suspect motives and actions, those are simply redneck A*.

Not enough true conservatives. All we care about is liberty for everyone. Period.

I totally believe what you're saying, even though sometimes it may sound like I don't. Believe it or not, I LOVE when conservatives stand up and say what you just said. As Dennis Prager so often says, it provides clarity. And on THIS subject, clarity is a necessity.

Yes, I push the envelope when I discuss racial issues in America. Why? Because it's serious business to me. A lot of time, sweat, tears and tension are unnecessarily squandered over this issue.

But it's the perpetual misunderstanding among people that frustrates me the most. I am convinced the only way to change this is through honest, civil, serious dialogue. We can't be easily offended and we can't be too quick to go on the defensive.

Kid, it's totally okay to say that African-Americans, as a group, are extremely over-represented in street crime, or lower SAT scores, or whatever. If it's true, it's true.

But it's kinda like what I said to Imp earlier: Okay, now what?

If I can quote Chris Rock again, "Every thing white people don't like about black people, black people REALLY don't like about black people."

My point is you can't toss around facts like that without any followup statements or additional perspectives. Why? Because that's what the REAL racists do! (i.e., toss around ugly facts about groups they don't like in an obvious display of demagoguery)

If you don't like being labelled "racist", you can't keep doing what racists do. (Please ignore and forgive my use of the term "you"; I'm only speaking generically to make a point)

Kid, I've spent much of my adult life engaged in healthy, enlightening conversation with people on the right. For the most part, I understand where they are coming from. I know it is NOT a racist place. As I've stressed before, I still think of MY politics as right-leaning, based on the OLD definitions.

In any event, my experience tells me the primary difference between white conservatives and white racialists is the TARGET of their "hatred", for lack of a better word. Racists hate other people. Conservatives hate the political philosophy that created the mess (i.e., "the left" in their view).

And it's ironic. The average middle-class African-American and the average white conservative are ultimately in agreement on many of these issues. Remember that Chris Rock didn't get in any trouble for that routine, and most of his audience during that show was black.

But the conflicts between blacks and conservatives are mostly based around not the basic facts, but a lack of trust. African-Americans are solid Democrats; which means they lean left. Conservatives don't trust the left.

Conversely, conservatives, unfortunately, share common ground with racialists and racists on issues like immigration, profiling, etc. So, from the point of view of a left-leaning black guy, conservatives look kinda racist.

It's not an illogical thought process, Kid. Case in point, Imp's stats came from a group directly connected to "American Renaissance", an openly racialist publication and organization.

I think it's safe to say that American Renaissance does NOT represent people who care about black social or economic improvement. If anything, their message is directed specifically at white people: i.e., "BEWARE! No miscegenation! No 'self-hatred'!"

They remind me a LOT of my old days on the black left.

But anyway, that's enough for now =) Appreciate the open, honest dialogue.

Net, Thank You So Much. It's late and I've had a couple, and we have guests through tomorrow, so it'll be Tuesday probably before I reply. fwiw.

I want to do your responses justice.

I really do think this basic issue is the biggest issue for America and the affected individuals, and while you and I won't solve anything by talking about it, you have to start somewhere eh? :) We're blogging and commenting so why not address some of this stuff in this way.

Well, the first step to solving any problem is recognition that there is a problem.

I don't have a whole lot to say because I agree 100% with what you're saying.

I think one of the biggest problems with the racial effect is that the two groups (if we just look at it as black/white for ease) is that each group seems to have a small number of people 'speaking for them'. And either side is then stuck with these words. Jesse and Al and in context here, Ron Paul, or whoever actually wrote the newsletters.

So, I believe that has to change before we can make much more progress. Morgan Freeman "I'll stop calling you a white man, and you stop calling me a black man" seems as far away a concept as world peace if 'we' keep listening to the inciters.

Why can't anyone of any color rely on non-discrimination laws to protect them? The poor I guess. Fine, let's have something like the ACLU represent them. We'd spend a lot less than we do keeping racism alive. I think those things are solvable and not 'unintentional consequences'.

Really, why is there a "Black Caucus" in congress? That does not help, it perpetuates the idea that 'we' are different. They the people who should be setting the example ! :) Geeez.

Chris seems to have a good attitude about it and has been making the point you're making.

The only people I hate are the people who use others for gain. Dem politicians as I said, and others like kim jong, islamic leaders, etc. No shortage of those vermin.

I certainly don't trust the left, with each step they take more of my liberties are gone and there are the other problems. Not that I'm a fan of republicans either. They're about as useful as a pack of giggling school girls.

Well, feel free to keep me honest. It is sometimes difficult to say something then clarify it so it doesn't just sound like a racist talking point.

Finally, the problem seems to be getting worse by the say. The politicians are dividers on most levels and certainly on the race level.

Well, my focus is the kids of any color, which it seems to me, the Dems are breeding as future voting supporters and nothing more. Actually Paying for child abuse.

When you said that our "representatives" often exacerbate the situation, that REALLY hit home with me. I would add the "soundbite media culture" as well.

But when you earlier talked about how conservatives like you want to see people PROSPER and how THAT is one of conservatism's primary motivations, you could have passed around a collection plate at that point lol

THAT'S THE CONSERVATISM I REMEMBER FROM 15 YEARS AGO! lol

I don't know what happened to this movement or the term since then. Hell, maybe it's me. I don't know =)

Net"conservatives like you want to see people PROSPER and how THAT is one of conservatism's primary motivations"

I'm feeling like part of a smaller and smaller group every day. Yes, I want to see them all doing well. It's the only answer! And they had it figured out 300 years ago.

This is the header to my blog... "Greatest Words Ever Written: We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that ALL Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. . . whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive to these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government."

Some staffer wrote politically incorrect stuff that doesn't matter... it was almost 20 years ago. Bet you all didn't care when your man Obama wrote a racist book and has dangerous organized racists like Farrakhan and Panters supporting him.

This is not the behavior of a racist and this man in this video is not the only one.

http://youtu.be/8Rv0Z5SNrF4

You all should be as decent and Christian as Ron Paul who is squeaky clean.

”I go to the VA hospital, where my girlfriend is a Surgical Technician, one weekend out of the month. I see the consequences of the foreign policy you so endear. It is a disastrous foreign policy which has far more to do with the occupation and subsequent exploitation of resources for corporate gain than it does with any traditionally American ideal.”

”If you think the Republican party can remain a viable party without the support of the youth, independents, and disaffected Democrats that Ron Paul is bringing into the party then why are your pundits, presstitutes, and apparatchiks working so feverishly trying to discredit his rising success?

FROGBURGER:

”[Your wife] likely also came to realize that Ron Paul is a leftist.”

You're a freaking pain in the ass, Beamish. Anybody that doesn't agree with you is a leftist. Plus, left and right are just a simplistic way at looking at political ideas.

Z:

”Beamish, please find a thread on my blog in the last six months where it got this ugly and insulting between commenters and you weren't here. thanks.

I'll do you a favor; I'll take down your sidebar comments as you asked me to and you stop coming here. Deal?”

[NOTE: “DING DONG MERRILY IN HIGH! IN HEAVEN THE BELLS ARE RINGING. ...”;-]

KID:

’If I point out that 82 out of 83 murders in Cincinnati happen in the Over the Rhine district and that is predominately black, am I a racist? Or do I merely report the facts. If I point out that 82 out of 83 murders in Cincinnati happen in the Over the Rhine district and that is predominately black, am I a racist? Or do I merely report the facts?”

CHAKAM:

”@Beamish, You simply do not get it, do you? Your comments are atrocious, ugly, and venomous. You peddle yourself as some sort of admirable and respect-worthy blogger, but you use Z's blog as your bully pulpit with all the grace of a crack addict on payday.”

AOW:

” ... I believe that it's IMPERATIVE that we get BHO out of the Oval Office -- even if we end up voting in a liver sandwich! ...”

AOW summed it up brilliantly. THAT is what we need to focus on. THAT should be our unified goal. Internecine warfare sparked and nourished by irrational, spiteful, egocentric, Nazi-esque bigots who use “facts” only as weapons to brutalize and antagonize anyone with whom they disagree is not what we need to get The BLACK Knight out of the WHITE House.

It has often been said, “The more things change the more they remain the same.”

I disagree -- in part. Things do change, but sadly bad scenes only seem to repeat themselves, albeit with new characters, and get progressively worse.

"... When will they ever learn?...

Know your enemies. Satan is The Great Deceiver, and his most powerful weapon is to spread CONFUSION and foster DISSENSION.

No one can have a rational discussion with a truculent, intransigent bigot whose modus operandi is to try to shout down all opposition and bully everyone within range into submission with repeated insults.

My advice -- not that you asked for it -- would be DON’T TRY.

Let’s hope the NEW YEAR brings us to our senses, and revives a spirit of mutual respect, courtesy -- and honest CURIOSITY about each other's views.

~ FreeThinke

PS: NetO deserves an OSCAR for his stellar performance as a gentleman, a master diplomat and an eminently rational individual. - FT

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